Volunteering

Brief

The Parish Council has a committee dedicated to looking at what projects in the village can be carried out by a volunteer party either with the support and help of West Sussex or on our own. Volunteering will become more important for us as major projects such as the new playground take off and if you are interested in joining the volunteer list we would love to hear from you.

Members

Trevor Baker

Kay Graetz

Darren King

Ian Milne

Mike Noble (Chairman)

David Pack

Complete the form below with your contact details and what you are interested in volunteering in. We will let you know next time there is a community volunteering project.

Select (required) to confirm we can retain your Name, Phone Number and eMail address on file. We will only use your contact details in relation to future volunteering projects. We will not share, sell or pass on your contact details to anyone other than in relation to an event you accept to volunteer for.

With the days getting longer we are on a mission to establish a greater Speedwatch presence within the village. The most recent session logged over 40 drivers exceeding the speed limit in under an hour! However we need more volunteers. It’s an interesting role, you’ll always be working with another volunteer and for no more than an hour at a time. Some simple training on using a Speedgun is provided. If you can help please contact our Parish Clerk or complete the volunteer form, click here, for more information.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the village litter pick on Saturday. With a good number of helpers we were able to cover most of the village. It is always surprising that so many bags are filled and then always slightly depressing when a few days later the litter returns. The Parish Council is looking at the viability of installing bins in some of the litter hotspots.

It was fantastic to see a merry band of willing volunteers wanting to do their bit for the village and getting stuck into the burial ground tidy up tasks this morning. We even had two children lending a hand. Over four hours, the group has raked up the leaves, trimmed the hedges, removed overhanging and loose tree branches, strimmed between the grave stones, mowed as much of the ground as we could bearing in mind how wet the grass was and disposed of all the cuttings and rubbish. We even went as far as trimming back the overgrowing bushes running along the footpath at the bottom of Wheelbarrow Castle field towards the steps. The only rewards, the opportunity to meet new people, a cup of tea and cake and the satisfaction of putting something back into the community. Thank you very much to all those involved.

If you are interested in other volunteer projects please do go to the Parish Council website to register your details.

Saturday, 14th January 2017 from 9.00am and throughout the morning.

The main tasks will be to cut back the perimeter hedge, neaten around some of the graves and clear out the newly repaired shed.

Please come along for the morning or just an hour dressed for gardening (gloves, strong footwear, safety glasses/goggles if you are strimming) and please bring any tools you have such pruning shears, loppers, petrol strimmers, or any tools that you consider would be helpful to complete the tasks above.

PLEASE NOTE: if the weather is particularly wet or icy it may be necessary to postpone this event, so do please check the Easebourne Parish Council website (home page) before leaving home.

From the fantastic reaction to the village gates and to conversations with residents we know that speed through the village is a major concern. With all Parish Council initiatives for roads in our village we need to collect data to submit with any road proposals to West Sussex. Speedwatch is one way which we can do this but it does rely on volunteers. If you want to get involved there would be a short training session which we will provide and you can then join the list of volunteers and get Speedwatching. If you are interested in learning more please contact us by clicking the button below…